It is mid 1920s when everyone did not have enough to eat. There was a village called Yong-dam near a mountain in the southern part of the country. In the village lived a woman of unsurpassed beauty named An-hyup. Her husband was a gambler who would wander around the country looking for places where he could just waste his time and money. He would return home once every several months. His life was just like wind flowing over here and there. Because her husband would not bring money or take care of his family, An-hyup sells her body to men in the village to put food on the table. There are divergent opinions in the village over the rudeness and slutty nature of An-hyup but no one dares to kick her out since almost every man in the village has slept with her. But there is just one man who she wouldn't sleep with. His name is Samdol. He is a strong and greedy bastard who serves the granny, An-hyup's landlady. Samdol works with An-hyup collecting mulberries and is crazy about laying his hands over her sexy body. He tries everything including threatening and begging her. But she would never allow Samdol near her even though she slept with that weak man with lung disease. Eventually, Samdol builds a grudge against An-hyup and tells on her slutty behavior to her husband Sambo when he returns to the village. But he ends up being beaten to death by Sambo. Then Sambo begins to beat his wife. Both the husband beating the wife and wife being beaten up by her husband shed tears of greatest sorrow. The next day, Sambo leaves the village once again. In fact, Sambo turns out to be a pioneer dreaming dreadfully for the independence of the country from Japanese ruling. An-hyup begins to shed tears as she watches Sambo leaving the village and the sun begins to set over Yongdam village. .